Ill Manors: Broadcast platform concluded

Ill Manors: Broadcast platform concluded

DVD Extras

1. From the DVD extras, it's clear that Plan B's intentions in making Ill Manors was to primarily make people aware of the bad things ongoing in London. Even if you are a Londoner yourself, you may still be unaware of the racketeering that can go on in the council estates/underworld. With this, it helps people look at life from a totally different perspective then they may have done before watching the film.
2. From the extra we learn that the production process of Ill Manors mainly begun from the creation of the short film 'Michelle.' This involved the character 'Michelle' who we actually see in Ill Manors and the concept from it was taken further by actually getting actors like childhood friend, Ed Skrein to play other characters who have had to live in the same dysfunctional background. What's also quite interesting is that in terms of actors, Drew got 'street kids' to act and this is seen through the portrayal of characters like Chris who actually was involved in the world that Plan B aims to detail in the film.
3. The possible target audience for the film can generally be said to be people who are unaware/don't 100% understand the lives that some teenagers in London may have to go through. As well as this, there's also the teenagers that live through this who will be quite interested in knowing how their life has documented in the film of course. Not only this, but there's also the fans of Plan B himself who will be interested to know how his musical aptitude to carry onto his film directing skills.
4. In my opinion the film doesn't necessarily achieve what Plan B intended to the fullest extent. While his aim was to allow people to understand the reasoning why adolescents in London do the things that they do, rather I just think reinforces the stereotypes that often follow them. This is seen by characters in it never really making an attempt/showing any intention to get out of the 'cage' that live in other than Aaron who is played by Riz Ahmed. Everyone else either seems to be selling drugs, their bodies or just killing someone and while this does appear to be quite an ignorant way of looking at it, it is what the film generally boils down to when watching it. With this, rather than get people to rethink their attitudes to London teens, they only further cement them if not make them much worst.

Broadcast/online

1. SBTV is a broadcasting company started up by Jamal Edwards that is centred around the music scene (particularly in London), specialising mainly in the creation of music videos of upcoming and established rappers. It got its success from the frequency of these uploads by Edwards himself, with the company getting increasingly relevant with each upload. With this, it can be said that the target audience for it is likely 18-25 year olds since rap does generally appeal to a more younger audience.
2. The main audience appeal of this video is a sense of personal relationship (Blumler and Katz - Uses and Gratifications) with the presenter. What this does is not just develop a link between the audience and the presenter, but also makes the whole tone of the video a lot more lighthearted and make the audience a lot more 'comfortable' in watching it, as oppose to establishing the more conventional somewhat serious atmosphere. This is demonstrated mainly throughout the opening with what Sean gets up to get to Plan B - quite an entertaining sequence.
3. In this video Plan B is presented as being quite an easygoing yet hardworking person. Approaching his deadline for the film to be edited by, it appears that he's doing his best to get the production to the level he envisaged it to be at and ensure that he doesn't become a 'laughing stock,' it being his very first film.

  Television

1. The Jonathan Ross Show has been broadcast on ITV1 since 2011, of course presented by its namesake. Prior to this though, Ross did have a show on the BBC called Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. He has been quite controversial in the past for things like offensive language, but more notably his direct involved in 'Sachsgate' with Russel Brand where the pair left offensive messages on Andrew Sachs' answering machine.
2. The target audience for the show is likely to be people from the C1 socio-economic group, all the way to E. This can be said due to the fact that although the show does appear to be quite upmarket in its nature, apparent with things like the presenter himself wearing a suit, the actual content of it and humour of Ross itself provides it with a lot more of an informal touch.
3. The audience appeal for The Jonathan Ross Show is the pure entertainment factor with those that watch it being able to receive an element of diversion (Blumler and Katz) from their everyday lives while laughing at some of the things that happen on the show. At the same time though, an appeal could be the establishment of a personal relationship with Ross always being the presenter of the show, so it's likely that the audience will grow to love him and highly anticipate whatever he's going to do on the show each Saturday.
4. Plan B is represented here as although relatively uneducated, quite an articulate person. Explaining how hip-hop is often a genre victim to generalisation of music solely about fast cars and women, he makes it clear that a considerable proportion of it is actually conscious - delving into elements of life itself.

Radio

1. Listening figures for BBC Radio 1 between January 5th - April 5th 2015 were 9.7 million. This was a decrease from 2014 where there were 10.53 million listeners and the reductions in these numbers can be thought to have been largely due to the increasing use of mobile devices and the access they provide to competitor platforms such as Spotify and Pandora.
2. The target audience of BBC Radio 1 is 15-29 year olds, and this can be largely seen with the quite current music that they play.
3. Plan B promotes the film in this radio interview by discussing how long it took him to develop it with him essentially having no life because of it. Not only this but he also discusses things such as the release date of the film and also the lead single for it too.
4. The representation of Plan B displayed is here is one similar to the one shown in the SBTV interview in that he is a hardworking individual ensuring that he gets both the film and album up to scratch before their eventual releases.